Foxhol
Foxhol | |
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Angelique-V is launched in Foxhol (1981) | |
Location in province of Groningen in the Netherlands | |
| Coordinates: 53°10′04″N 6°43′17″E / 53.16778°N 6.72125°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | Groningen |
| Municipality | Midden-Groningen |
| Area | |
• Total | 1.73 km2 (0.67 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1 m (3 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
• Total | 970 |
| • Density | 560/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 9607 |
| Dialing code | 0598 |
Foxhol is a village in the Dutch province of Groningen. It is part of the municipality of Midden-Groningen. In 1842, the potato starch factory Eureka was founded in Foxhol by Willem Albert Scholten. Foxhol became an industrial area with factories and shipyards. The village is nowadays part of the urban area of Hoogezand.